PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Hayleigh Joseph This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.

nexus-37 Well yes. I started watching this somewhere in the beginning, mostly because it was good way to catch some sleep (no brains needed) Then they changed show time and I didn't watch it at all. Then my girlfriend liked to watch it when we saw each other, I had to buy at least six beers to get it trough on sofa.Now to the actual "series"... There is this main plot that everybody lives nearby or are somehow connected to each other, but they won't tell each other anything about their lives and then there is stalking "what is my neighbor doing?!?" something like that.There is this constant story that jumps wildly from other spot to unknown and you don't get anything out of it. Well maybe if you are 85y old woman etc.Acting is horrible (I suppose they could act lot better but thanks to horrible directing they have to act badly, nobody in Finland speaks like they do) They use same facial expressions so they can be like more easily remembered. I was at the set seeing horrible setups after 12 years of this show, can't they get at least better shooting places? I suppose not.This is probably worst Finnish soap opera I've ever seen. Actually Bold & The Beautiful was 5x better and I hated it. So choose your path.1/10 (I would give -1/10 if it was possible)

sepposeppola A desperate attempt to milk money out of stupid viewers who are slaved by TV and have never heard of anything like Netflix where they could watch some real stuff. In this show lazy writing, cliché soap opera plot twists and horribly untalented actors are too visible. Everything sucks from start to beginning, from the language characters use to cheap background music. This suffers from ultimately low budget, although no amount of money could save it, the concept is just doomed.In conclusion, if you want to suffer half hours and throw objects to your TV screen, this is what you want to watch.And this airs in prime time. Great job Finland, you did it again.

Shaolin_Apu 'Salatut Elämät' has entertained Finns for many years from now. Many faces have been changed during the years and it seems that there's just very little of continuity present. Some of the characters, like Seppo, Ulla, Elina and Ismo, have remained for long but these character have not developed but are instead facing similar problems in their lives again and again. This makes 'Salatut Elämät' a bit irritating viewing as it all turns out to be very superficial and self repetitive.In present time 'Salatut Elämät' lacks all the starlets it had in the first years. None of the younger promising actors have remained in the serial for long, except for Elina, and this has killed much of the original interest towards the whole product. When some of these younger actors wants to quit the serial, he/she is then quickly replaced with some distant cousin and it takes not a long time before you find that newest addition starring the whole program only to quit the show for some better job.You may find the serial interesting only if you have just recently gotten into it. Older fans will eventually meet the deja vu phenomenon at least then, when you discover for the tenth time the kissing couple being watched by some jealous eyes.

TuuliL Oh yes, Salkkarit rules! Finnish soap opera in Helsinki. Tries to copy the American soap operas and does it pretty well =). Some young actors have got the change of their lives by be casted in Salatut elämät. The characters have changed pretty fast, but the serial needs fresh blood all the time to be interesting.